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covert channel

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000990

An unintended or unauthorized intra-system channel that enables two cooperating entities to transfer information in a way that violates the system's security policy but does not exceed the entities' access authorizations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000990
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from CNSSI 4009-2022; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000990",
  "term": "covert channel",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "An unintended or unauthorized intra-system channel that enables two cooperating entities to transfer information in a way that violates the system's security policy but does not exceed the entities' access authorizations.",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2022 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 from CNSSI 4009-2022",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/covert-channel/"
}

Record 990 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.